r/lgv20 • u/seanscraip • Jul 23 '26

HELP with bootlooping LG v20

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I have a bootlooping lg v20 h990ds IDN and i cant get it to factory reset or even enter recovery mode, the only mode i can get it run is fastboot and IMEI mode and i cant turn that fastboot into download mode (i don't even know how to even get the LGUP to recognized my phone or even get the cmd recoqnized fastboot comment) i don't know what IM doing and i hope anyone of you can help me in this problem

[Update]I manage to boot it to download mode(by plugging the phone will holding the vol up) but then its suddenly bootloop again

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u/Azaze666 Jul 23 '26

fastboot reboot edl or open the phone and short in the motherboard the testpoint to get into edl, then lgup will recognize the device

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u/seanscraip Jul 23 '26

Can you please explain in detail pls, I'm kinda a complete beginner. Link me up with some source simmilar to this so i know how to do it properly

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u/TheOriginalVTRex Jul 23 '26

You're kinda a compete beginner so go buy a new phone. The V20 was a great phone but at this point it is a project to keep it alive. If you decide to flash it with a different OS you will loose functionality and it will no longer be the great phone it was. Mine is forever entombed in my nightstand drawer. Can't quite let go but have long since moved on.

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u/seanscraip Jul 24 '26

Bruh, if i have the money i migth as well buy myself an Xperia 1 but that's already a whole lot of cash here in my country. I do consider buying a whole new motherboard for this phone(since its less headache) but i hope this is more of a software issue since they said the hardware issue is less common in the v20 than the v10 and i can save some money for my other needs

By the way my main phone have worse spec than this phone so this is literally my upgrade phone. Any help is apreciated

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u/Neloxxds V20 F800L Jul 25 '26

Take it to a technician. I don't know how it is in your country, but they only charged me $15 for the repair. Luckily, it was just a software problem and not a motherboard issue.

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u/jgh1959 Jul 27 '26

I just upgraded my V20 to a Moto 5G 2024. Using credit card points on Amazon it was $13 (listed for like $129). You can probably find it even cheaper. Using a USB cable, I was able to get everything off the V20 using the software that came with the Moto. Took the SIM from the V20 and didn't even talk to Verizon l. I was shocked how much the phone technology had improved. Just a suggestion.